* Astronomy

The Kutais (H5) meteorite fell in Krasnodarskiy kray, Russia, on the 28th November, 1977. A total mass of 23 g was recovered. 44° 31'N, 39° 18'E

The Danville (L6) meteorite fell in Alabama, USA, on the 27th November, 1868. A total mass of 2 kg was recovered. 34° 24'N, 87° 4'W

The Mazapil (Iron) meteorite fell in Zacatecas, Mexico, on the 27th November, 1885. A total mass of 4 kg was recovered. 24° 41'N, 101° 41'W

Orbital elements: 2013 NJ PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0069 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 234.94140 (2000.0) P Q n 0.67536552 Peri. 140.09059 +0.94305445 -0.32667657 a 1.2865997 Node 239.08329 +0.28349288 +0.88791677 e 0.2844805 Incl. 4.19085 +0.17401178 +0.32386144 P 1.46 H 21...

NGC 7727 (also PGC 72060, MCG -2-60-8, IRAS 23367 2651, and Arp 222) is a magnitude +11.5 barred spiral/peculiar galaxy located 76 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) ref...

NGC 7723 (also PGC 72009, MCG -2-60-5, IRAS 23363-1314) is a magnitude +11.2 barred spiral galaxy located 86 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at...

NGC 1200 (also PGC 11545, MCG -2-8-43, 2MASXJ03035448-1159306) is a magnitude +12.5 elliptical galaxy located 186 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting...

NGC 255 (also PGC 2802, MCG -02-03-017, IRAS 00452-1144) is a magnitude +11.9 barred spiral galaxy located 73 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Cl...

The 270 - 590 metre wide asteroid 2006 YF13 will make a close pass (71.1 lunar distances, 0.1827 AU), travelling at 17.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th November, 2013 @ 00:38 UT ±00:03. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km...

A Sungrazer comet was discovered by T. Lovejoy in images taken by the Soho satellite.TLc001 Perihelion 2011 Dec 16.004031 TT; Constraint: e=1 Epoch 2011 Dec 2.0 TT = JDT 2455897.5 Earth MOID: 0.5976 q857339.479km (2000.0) P Q H 14.5 G 0.15 Peri. 38.49278 0.14512498 -0.68739520 Node 302.78125 -0.9...

An amateur astronomer from Italy, Ernesto Guido, named the asteroid formerly known as 152319 (2005 UH7) after novelist Thomas Pynchon. Read more

The 40 - 90 metre wide asteroid 2007 VW83 will make a close pass (25.5 lunar distances, 0.0656 AU), travelling at 6.28 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th November, 2013 @ 21:47 UT ±2 days 02:10. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km,...

The 530 - 1200 metre wide asteroid 1996 RG3 will make a close pass (62.6 lunar distances, 0.1608 AU), travelling at 11.24 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th November, 2013 @ 10:51 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...

The Okabe (H5) meteorite fell in Kanto, Japan, on the 26th November, 1958. A total mass of 194 g was recovered. 36° 11'N, 139° 13'E

NGC 2311 (also OCL 553) is a magnitude +9.6 open star cluster located in the constellation Monoceros. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road in Slough, Berkshire, on the 26th November 1786. R...